Martinez v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

OPINION

BUTTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining defendant Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s plea of privilege to be sued in Harris County, the county of its residence. Plaintiff, Mary Martinez, sued Goodyear for false imprisonment. In controverting defendant’s plea of privilege, she relied at trial solely on subdivision 23 of article 1995, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. (Vernon 1964). Her two points on appeal address error of the trial court in sustaining the plea. We affirm.

That part of subdivision 23, supra, which applies in this case provides:

Suits against a private corporation,…